People v. Case

A CB radio message from one motor vehicle operator to another as to the highway location of a radar speed checkpoint does not constitute the crime of obstructing governmental administration. To say that there is a Smokey takin’ pictures up the road does not subject the speaker to a year’s imprisonment.

This is an appeal from an order of the County Court of St. Lawrence County which affirmed a judgment of the Town Justice Court of the Town of Oswegatchie convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the lesser offense of disorderly conduct (Penal Law, § 240.20) to satisfy the misdemeanor…